dance performances and video dance
After his acclaimed literary adaptations of «Carmen» and «Peer Gynt», Johan Inger now turns to a classic ballet that will reveal yet another facet of his art: «Swan Lake». In 2023, the Swedish choreographer has reinterpreted this great work for…
Filled with eerie images on the border of reality and dream, Jiří Kylián‘s work blends oneirism and wry humour. Set to music by John Cage and Anton Webern, Stepping Stones pays tribute to the memory and heritage of dance. On…
A film adaptation of the eponymous stage performance by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker to music by Ligeti and Ysaÿe. The Rosas dancers create a delicate balance between energetic virtuosity and deceleration. Achterland is the film adaptation of a stage…
Noism Company Niigata is the only company in Japan that is a resident company of a public theater. The artistic director Kanamori Jo, has worked with prominent international dance companies like Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). His choreography is based not…
Early 1979At John Neumeier‘s request, I am thinking about a piece destined for the Hamburg Ballet. I choose Vivaldi, a misunderstood musician, particularly in his religious music. The musical montage is done. I hesitate between two titles: Light or Caro…
Jiří Kylián has already made many masterpieces, one of them the fascinating Sleepless, a creation for six young dancers in which the set plays an important part. It has a wall behind which dancers – or sometimes just parts of…
After the worldwide success of Nya, first piece created in 2010 for the dancers of the Contemporary Ballet of Algiers as part of the Franco-Algerian Mediterranean Cultural Bridge project, Abou Lagraa wished to continue this adventure by associating dancers of…
Revival for the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, of this piece created at the same festival in 2012 by Maguy Marin and Denis Mariotte. Crackling sounds of old vinyl, words, stones, different languages, fades to black for brief sequences…
The film Umwelt, l’autre côte des miroir (the other side of the mirror) by David Mambouch, after the performance. In this film, we will see the performance again, but from behind the mirrors that can be seen in the performance.…
